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510(k) · Cleared

Recalled · Class II · 2019

Bio-Modular Shoulder System with Hydroxyapatite (HA) Coated Glenoid Components

K043100510(k) SpecialCleared Feb 17, 2005100-day reviewClass II21 CFR 888.3670Recalls 1

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Biomet, Inc. · MBF Prosthesis, Shoulder, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Uncemented

Cleared on Feb 17, 2005 as substantially equivalent to K030710 (Biomet, Inc., 2003) after a 100-day review. Its family tree reaches back 4 generations to 1980. 1 of the 192 devices in its family, counting itself, has a Class I recall. 176 later devices descend from it. It has been recalled once.

Decided
Feb 17, 2005
Review
100 days
Class
Class II
Product code
MBF
Recalls
1
Predicates
1

Its longest line of descent runs back 4 generations to K800494 (1980). 15 ancestors in all. 176 later devices descend from it, 1 citing it directly. 1 of the 192 devices in this family, counting this one, has a Class I recall.

Other ancestors, by year clearedDescendants, by year cleared 2001: 1 other ancestor1999: 2 other ancestors1998: 2 other ancestors1994: 1 other ancestor1992: 2 other ancestors1987: 1 other ancestor1995: 1 other ancestor1980: 1 other ancestor2007: 1 descendant cleared2013: 8 descendants cleared2017: 10 descendants cleared2008: 1 descendant cleared, 1 with a Class I recall12021: 21 descendants cleared2024: 13 descendants cleared2010: 3 descendants cleared2011: 3 descendants cleared2023: 13 descendants cleared2012: 5 descendants cleared2018: 9 descendants cleared2026: 18 descendants cleared2020: 14 descendants cleared2016: 4 descendants cleared2025: 15 descendants cleared2014: 6 descendants cleared2022: 16 descendants cleared2019: 13 descendants cleared2015: 3 descendants clearedK800494 · New Jersey Hemiarthroplasty Sholder Pros · Depuy, Inc. · 1980K991585 · Bipolar Shoulder Prosthesis · Biomet, Inc. · 1999K002998 · Biomet BI-Polar Shoulder System · Biomet, Inc. · 2000 · recalledK030710 · Bio-Modular Shoulder System · Biomet, Inc. · 2003 · recalled19801990200020102020
Other ancestors, by generationDescendants, by generation 2 generations back: 9 other ancestors3 generations back: 1 other ancestor4 generations back: 1 other ancestor 1 generation forward: 1 descendant2 generations forward: 3 descendants, 1 with a Class I recall13 generations forward: 32 descendants4 generations forward: 40 descendants5 generations forward: 27 descendants6 generations forward: 23 descendants7 generations forward: 28 descendants8 generations forward: 16 descendants9 generations forward: 6 descendants K030710 · Bio-Modular Shoulder System · Biomet, Inc. · 2003 · recalledK002998 · Biomet BI-Polar Shoulder System · Biomet, Inc. · 2000 · recalledK991585 · Bipolar Shoulder Prosthesis · Biomet, Inc. · 1999K800494 · New Jersey Hemiarthroplasty Sholder Pros · Depuy, Inc. · 19800+5
  1. Root · 4 generations backK800494 New Jersey Hemiarthroplasty Sholder ProsDepuy, Inc. · 1980
  2. 3 generations backK991585 Bipolar Shoulder ProsthesisBiomet, Inc. · 1999
  3. 2 generations backK002998 Biomet BI-Polar Shoulder SystemBiomet, Inc. · 2000 · Recalled
  4. 1 generation backK030710 Bio-Modular Shoulder SystemBiomet, Inc. · 2003 · Recalled
  5. This deviceK043100 Bio-Modular Shoulder System with Hydroxyapatite (HA) Coated Glenoid…Biomet, Inc. · 2005
  6. Descendant · cites it directly · 175 of its ownK072804 Comprehensive RS Shoulder SystemBiomet Manufacturing Corp · 2007
  7. Descendant · 2 generations on · 172 of its ownK080642 Comprehensive Reverse ShoulderBiomet, Inc. · 2008 · Recalled (Class I)
  8. Descendant · 3 generations on · 108 of its ownK110599 Aequalis Ascend Modular Reverse Shoulder SystemTornier, Inc. · 2011
  9. Descendant · 4 generations on · 97 of its ownK112615 Aequalis Ascend Modular Reverse Shoulder SystemTornier, Inc. · 2011
  10. Descendant · 5 generations on · 96 of its ownK122698 Aequalis Ascend Flex Shoulder SystemTornier S.A.S. · 2013 · Recalled

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Descendants cleared per year

2007: 12008: 12010: 32011: 32012: 52013: 82014: 62015: 32016: 42017: 102018: 92019: 132020: 142021: 212022: 162023: 132024: 132025: 152026: 18
2007high 21 (2021) · low 0 (2009)2026

Class I recalls in this family

Most influential descendants

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  • K072804Comprehensive RS Shoulder SystemBiomet Manufacturing Corp · 2007 · cites it directly175descendants
  • K080642Comprehensive Reverse ShoulderBiomet, Inc. · 2008 · 2 generations on172descendants
  • K110599Aequalis Ascend Modular Reverse Shoulder SystemTornier, Inc. · 2011 · 3 generations on108descendants
  • K112615Aequalis Ascend Modular Reverse Shoulder SystemTornier, Inc. · 2011 · 4 generations on97descendants
  • K122698Aequalis Ascend Flex Shoulder SystemTornier S.A.S. · 2013 · 5 generations on96descendants
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−4K800494New Jersey Hemiarthroplasty Sholder ProsDepuy, Inc.1980—
−3K991585Bipolar Shoulder ProsthesisBiomet, Inc.1999—
−2K002998Biomet BI-Polar Shoulder SystemBiomet, Inc.20001
−1K030710Bio-Modular Shoulder SystemBiomet, Inc.20031
0 (this device)K043100Bio-Modular Shoulder System with Hydroxyapatite (HA) Coated Glenoid ComponentsBiomet, Inc.2005—
+1K072804Comprehensive RS Shoulder SystemBiomet Manufacturing Corp2007—
+2K080642Comprehensive Reverse ShoulderBiomet, Inc.2008Class I
+3K110599Aequalis Ascend Modular Reverse Shoulder SystemTornier, Inc.2011—
+4K112615Aequalis Ascend Modular Reverse Shoulder SystemTornier, Inc.2011—
+5K122698Aequalis Ascend Flex Shoulder SystemTornier S.A.S.20132

Other ancestors by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
198010
198710
199220
199410
199510
199820
199920
200110

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
200710
200811
201030
201130
201250
201380
201460
201530
201640
2017100
201890
2019130
2020140
2021210
2022160
2023130
2024130
2025150
2026180
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K043100, 1980–2026Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

1 device in this family has a Class I recall. A 510(k) Report weighs predicate choices, recall history and review times for a new device like this one.

Top candidate predicates for a new MBF device

  1. #1 K202716 Ignite Anatomic Shoulder Systemscore 20.3 · 14 generations · no Class I recall
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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*K030710Bio-Modular Shoulder System
Summary page 1
…21 CFR § 888.3690 Legally Marketed Devices To Which Substantial Equivalence Is Claimed: Bio-Modular® Shoulder System (K030710) - Biomet Inc. Device Description: The Rio-Modular® Shoulder System is a set of components intended for total or…
Biomet, Inc.20031

Also cleared against K030710: 19 other devices →

What descends from it? (176)

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1 later device cites it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K072804Comprehensive RS Shoulder SystemBiomet Manufacturing Corp2007175

Has anything in its family been recalled? (1 Class I)

Recalls of this device

DateClassRecallRoot causeReason
Aug 21, 2019Class IIZ-0533-2020Environmental controlElevated levels of bacterial endotoxin and residual debris remain on the devices due to cleaning issue.

Relatives with a Class I recall

Class I is FDA’s most serious recall class. A recall in the family tree is context for this device, not evidence about it.

  • K080642Comprehensive Reverse ShoulderBiomet, Inc. · 2008 · 2 generations on · ◆ in the 2008 descendants bar of FIG. 11 Class I recall

What does this lineage say?

  • The line of descent spans 25 years and passes through 2 companies; a new generation was cleared every 2.7 years on median.
  • 3 of the 15 ancestors have a recall of any class.
  • Of its descendants, K072804 (Biomet Manufacturing Corp, 2007) has gone furthest, with 175 descendants of its own.
  • 19 other devices also cite its predicate K030710.

How does its category compare?

All MBF devices

MBF Prosthesis, Shoulder, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Uncemented: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · MBF

2in 2025

2007: 22008: 12009: 12012: 22013: 12014: 12017: 22018: 12019: 22020: 22021: 12022: 42023: 42024: 22025: 22026 (partial year): 1
2007high 4 (2022) · low 0 (2010)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · MBF

144in 2023

2022: 164 days median2023: 144 days median
2007high 164 (2022) · low 144 (2023)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · MBF

1in 2023

2009: 12017: 12018: 12019: 22022: 82023: 1
2007high 8 (2022) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · MBF

255in 2025

2007: 22008: 72009: 162010: 242011: 322012: 302013: 402014: 282015: 492016: 852017: 1932018: 992019: 472020: 242021: 362022: 1142023: 1432024: 1642025: 255
2007high 255 (2025) · low 2 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code MBF, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20072—02
20081—07
20091—116
20100—024
20110—032
20122—030
20131—040
20141—028
20150—049
20160—085
20172—1193
20181—199
20192—247
20202—024
20211—036
202241648114
202341441143
20242—0164
20252—0255
20261—0—

What is it indicated for?

Non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease including osteoarthritis and avascular necrosis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Revision where other devices or treatments have failed, Correction of functional deformity, Fractures of the proximal humerus, where other methods of treatment are deemed inadequate, Difficult clinical management problems, including cuff arthropathy, where other methods of treatment may not be suitable or may be inadequate. Humeral…

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Non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease including osteoarthritis and avascular necrosis,

Rheumatoid arthritis,

Revision where other devices or treatments have failed,

Correction of functional deformity,

Fractures of the proximal humerus, where other methods of treatment are deemed inadequate,

Difficult clinical management problems, including cuff arthropathy, where other methods of treatment may not be suitable or may be inadequate.

Humeral components with a Macrobond surface coating are indicated for either cemented or uncemented press-fit applications.

Humeral/glenoid components with a porous coated surface coating are indicated for either cemented or uncemented biological fixation applications (Metal backed glenoid components offer optional screw fixation).

Glenoid components with Hydroxyapatite (HA) coating applied over the porous coating are indicated only for uncemented biological fixation applications (Metal backed glenoid components offer optional screw fixation).

Humeral components with a non-coated (Interlok) surface are indicated for cemented application only.

Polyethylene glenoid components not attached to a metal back are indicated for cemented application only.

The Comprehensive Humeral Fracture Stem is intended for use with the Bio-Modular humeral heads and glenoid components.

The Versa-Dial Humeral Head Prosthesis is intended for use only with the Comprehensive Humeral Fracture Stem and the glenoid components of the Bio-Modular Shoulder System.

Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.

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510(k) Report. “K043100: Bio-Modular Shoulder System with Hydroxyapatite (HA) Coated Glenoid Components.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K043100

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026